Dramatic footage shows two Chinese government ships violently colliding Monday while chasing down a Filipino coast guard vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro rejected yesterday claims that the Philippines should be held responsible and even pay for the damage caused by a recent collision involving China’s own ships in the West Philippine Sea.

The U.S. sent two warships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where two Chinese ships recently collided while chasing a boat from the Philippines.

The Philippines expressed serious concern on Tuesday over what it called "dangerous manoeuvres and unlawful interference" by Chinese vessels during a coast guard supply mission for Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

It’s hard to call the collision of two multi-thousand-ton military ships “fortunate,” but that’s exactly what analysts are saying about the incident in the South China Sea this week that left a China Coast Guard ship with a heavily damaged bow after it hit a People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer.

The US and Philippines are discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to improve defenses in the South China Sea as China's capabilities grow.

The Philippines' coast guard says a Chinese fighter jet came close to one of its aircraft over the country's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. The coast guard said the Chinese jet approached the Philippine plane, which was on patrol over ...